Summary:
- This report examines the records of the 13 African members of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) during 2019.
- Specifically, it assesses the commitment of African countries to international human rights and how they have voted and acted at the HRC.
- The report bases its assessment on African countries’ actions in two domains of the HRC’s work: country-specific human rights problems, and civil and political rights.
- It further shows the diversity of African positions on international human rights.
This is the third special report in our series on African States on the UN Human Rights Council. Explore other publications in the series:
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